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saint mary's beacon (leonard town, md.) 1867-1983 — wild man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1897-06-17
Location: leonardtown, maryland, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: saint mary's beacon (leonard town, md.) 1867-1983 · 1897-06-17 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1897-06-17 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “wild man”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... braises. No trace of the wild man was discovered, however. He probably came no farther than the mountain top. At sunrise we continued on home, anil the story of our adventure caused great excitement. Several parties started oat to hunt for the wild man, but though his tracks were frequently seen in the snow, they did not get a glimpse of him. He probably bad sense enough to hide in some hole among the rocks. Every effort to disclose his identity failed also, though 1 have no doubt he was an escaped lunatic, as Jim suggested. For all we know to the contrary, he still lives in the vicinity of Echo Lake, and as long ...

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